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You're not going to be able to make much improvement to that. It's like when James Bond turns the shower on so that SPECTRE can't overhear him when the room has been bugged.

As we don't actually know what speech would sound like from inside a womb, we need to create what we imagine it would sound like.
I'd imagine it to sound muffled and a bit echoey, so perhaps the low pass filter as Koz suggested plus a touch of Echo effect (Effect menu).

With the headphones plugged into the Tascam interface you should be able to monitor the mic input regardless of whether Audacity is running. Check in the Tascam manual for how to do that (http://tascam.com/product/us-144mkii/downloads/) To listen to what you have recorded in Audacity through the Tas...

Making files the same "volume" is not the same as making them have the same "peak amplitude". One file can have a higher peak level than another but still sound quieter. "Volume" depends on frequency content and other factors as well as on "peak level", thus s...

lsinbc wrote:I am trying to train my voice to raise the average pitch

Do you mean a "singing voice" or "talking voice"?

Sorry, my mistake. Binding keyboard shortcuts to effects is not available in Audacity 2.0.0. That feature was introduced in Audacity 2.0.1

What sort of microphone are you using and how is it connected to your computer?

You might not be approaching this the best way.
What format are your Karaoke tracks?

"Edit menu > Preferences > Keyboard" Find "Amplify" in the list of commands (select "Effect" in the "Category" list so as to narrow your search). Click on "Amplify" Click in the box below the list of commands. Press Ctrl+F12 Click the "Set"...

The easy "cheat" method is to create a folder in your home directory called .audacity-files , and then create a sub-folder called plug-ins . You then have: ~/.audacity-files/plug-ins/ where ~/ means your home folder. Put your plug-ins into that plug-ins folder and restart Audacity. The plu...